My job gives me no bonus or raise after a year and a half, despite obvious vast increases in my responsibilities and the assumption of another engineer who lefts' tasks too.. I just don't know how to approach asking because I hate confrontation and those kinds of situations.
I basically always change jobs because of this reason - I'm just avoiding a conversation I don't want to have and the raise is bigger by quitting haha
If you'd like some unsolicited advice - the job hunt is tricky, because you should be optimizing for the best outcome for yourself. However, if you think of it as materializing your leverage -- just go out and get an offer that is better than what you have. Use that to approach your boss, it won't be a confrontation if you approach it with "I like it here, but it's clear that I'm underpaid. Can you help me find a way where it makes sense for me to stay?"
